Information reaching Inside sources now reveals that the father of the chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai is dead.
Alhaji Yusuf Buratai was said to have passed away this morning in Maiduguri.
Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, the father of the current Chief of Army staff, was himself an ex-soldier and war veteran, having fought in the Second World War.